Two-Gun Lady

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Two-Gun Lady
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Richard Bartlett
Screenplay byNorman Jolley, Richard Bartlett
Produced by Richard Bartlett
Starring Peggie Castle, William Talman, Marie Windsor
CinematographyGuy Roe
Edited by Carl Pierson
Music by Leon Klatzkin
Production
company
L&B Productions
Distributed byAssociated Film Releasing Corporation [1]
Release date
  • December 7, 1955 (1955-12-07)(San Francisco)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Two-Gun Lady is a 1955 American western film directed and produced by Richard Bartlett [2] and starring Peggie Castle, William Talman, and Marie Windsor. [3] [4] [5] The working title was Six Gun Lady.

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Plot

A young woman named Kate Masters is studying to be a sniper—in order to track down and kill the three men who murdered her parents when she was a child. She finds a sheriff who is ready to help her find them.

Cast

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